NEW! Weird NJ Amazon Store
We are very pleased to announce that our brand new Weird NJ Amazon Store is now up an running and...
Pennhurst Asylum: The Shame of Pennsylvania
The History and Horror of Pennhurst Asylum By Matt Lake, Rusty Tagliareni and Mark Moran Back in the mid 1960s,...
The Double Trouble Mystery Spot
We’ve received quite a few letters about an unusual area in Double Trouble State Park, on the border of Berkeley...
The Device is in the Brain in Totowa
Have you guys ever heard of the house on Union Blvd. in Totowa with the weirdo signs in the window?...
Moldenke’s Castle
It kept a solemn and stoic vigil over the Watchung Mountain range for nearly 70 years until a mysterious fire...
Sam Patch, the “Jersey Jumper”
The Fall and Rise of Sam Patch Although Samuel Patch was born in Rhode Island in 1807, it was right...
Blood Stained Pew and the Ghosts of Tennent Church – Manalapan
By Mark Sceurman One of my first experiences with history and New Jersey weirdness was in a book entitled “An...
Al Capone and the Royal Pines Hotel
On one Weird NJ excursion our travels took us to a friendly little diner in Beachwood, just north of Bayville,...
Palisades Amusement Park Closes in 1971
It was during this week in September, 1971, that Palisades Amusement Park closed forever after a century of fun times....
The Wild Parrots of Edgewater
Polly Wanna River View Condo? New Jersey wildlife is oftentimes surprising. The residents of towns and cities in North Jersey may...